MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY

MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY operates as a minimally staffed high school in OCALA, Florida, operated by MARION. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 1,035.

Within MARION, which oversees 62 schools and 46,349 students, MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 60.8:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marion County) logs that median household earnings sit near $61,010, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,349 students), MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is STUDENT SERVICES/ESE, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for MARION COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.